
In 2011, thousands of New Englanders occupied an obscure slice of Boston and became leaders in a national movement against greed. Five years later, we asked some of those activists to reflect on their radical protest camp experiment.
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Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Specials
In 2011, thousands of New Englanders occupied an obscure slice of Boston and became leaders in a national movement against greed. Five years later, we asked some of those activists to reflect on their radical protest camp experiment.
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical
I’m glad this column has allowed me to shine a light, however small, on the ills that plague the city. But we need more voices like mine, and more willingness to take risks.
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm
What marks each of those dark episodes is a failure to fathom where an outlet’s vision leads, to carry rhetoric to its logical conclusion. This satirical interpolation attempts to do just that, to envision what Boston looks like with the Globe spinning rightward.
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical
Despite a resounding “no” from the people of Boston, development remains a top-down process guided by the city’s elite
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
The mayor saved Bostonians from a Summer Games budget-fuck no more than someone who arranges for a kidnapping and then pays the ransom rescued a missing child.
Written by DIG STAFF Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
As the hipster paper of record in this town, we couldn’t be any happier to say, “We despised that band before they even dropped their first shitty single.”
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Menino hoped to keep the racks of ribs and crates of seafood fresh from the Atlantic overflowing in the heart of Boston forever.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS
Thanks to the Olympics, US flew ‘Stars and Bars’ on world stage
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical
Before long, it became clear that the event organizers were unwilling to turn any meaningful authority over to members of the public.
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
Dispatch from the most exhausting week in Olympic history